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Balochistan , January 27: A young Baloch poet identified as Qasim has been missing from the Kech district of Pakistan's Balochistan province. According to the Balochistan Post, a local news portal, Qasim hails from the Dasht Chat area and is now missing after he was arrested in Turbat, the central...
ISLAMABAD: Cash-strapped Pakistan has requested its all-weather ally China to fast-track the refinancing of maturing commercial loans of $1.3 billion and apprised it of the diminishing prospects of revival of the IMF loan programme, a media report said on Tuesday. The request was made on monday by finance minister Ishaq Dar during a meeting...
New Delhi: Some Pakistanis online called their government’s support to Palestine and its people merely “window dressing” after a private bank’s internal circular reportedly directed its branches to refuse any donations to the accounts of the embassy of Palestine in Islamabad. One of Pakistan’s largest private retail banks, Bank Alfalah,...
Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar stated the obvious when she stressed that Pakistan will remain dependent on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for some time. Still, it is better than empty promises of never going to the IMF again, though those sweet nothings are expected from those who wish...
Pakistan is struggling for survival with its economy in shambles and the country is now totally dependent on external assistance and loans. If this vital support were to falter, or if external donors and lenders chose to withdraw, the country's economy would plummet into a monumental default. In September 2023,...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s economic growth slowed sharply to one of the lowest levels in its history as its woes intensify amid record inflation and interest rates, along with a stalled International Monetary Fund bailout.   The National Accounts Committee reported gross domestic product provisionally expanded 0.29 per cent for the fiscal year...
Balochistan , August 13: The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi issued a safety warning on Sunday following the targeted attack on a Chinese convoy in Balochistan. A convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Gwadar in Pakistan’s Balochistan on Sunday. “The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan issued a safety warning...
LAHORE: Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan has requested the country's chief justice to allow him to join court proceedings through a video link in cases lodged against him, claiming he could be killed if he deposes physically. In a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial on...
New Delhi: In a warning to China, the United States State Department Secretary Antony Blinken said that Beijing is considering supplying weapons to Russia which will affect the relationship and there will be "consequences." While addressing a press conference here, Mr Blinken said, "With regard to China and its support for...
Lahore , March 13: The Lahore Police on Monday booked former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in a case regarding the death of a party activist, Pakistan-based ARY News reported. The Lahore Police has termed the death of PTI worker Ali Bilal alias Zil-e-Shah as a...